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THE 
ANCIENT CAPITAL 

OF THE 

STATB OF INDIANA, 

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HARRISON COUNTY, 

BY 

1). F. LEMMON. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, hy 

D. F. LEMMOX, 

In the office of the Librarian of Congr.'AS, Washington, D. C. 



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PREFACE. 



In publishing this work it has been my object to give to the 
public interesting information in regard to the beginning and 
formation of one of the greatest States in the Union, Indiana. 
Corydon was" established as the seat of our Territorial govern- 
ment in 1813, while we were in the midst of our second war 
with Great Britain. From Corydon went up the petition to 
Congress from our territorial fathers, asking to be admitted 
into the Union of States, and to have Indiana added to the 
great galaxy as a free and independent State, on the same foot- 
ing with original States. It was to the old pioneer fathers at 
Corydon that Congress promptly replied, granting their peti- 
tion. It was at Corydon that the first Constitution of the 
State was formed and adopted. It was at Corydon that the 
first laws for the government of the people of the State were 
made. It was at the time-honored town of Corydon that the 
State of Indiana was born, nourished and fondled in infancy, 
reared and trained in youth, that gave her the impetus to ma- 
ture into giantry. 

During all this time here clustered the heroic and patriotic 
pioneers, and giant intellects of the State. Forgetfulness is 
very near unto all. In the boundless, wondrous jostle of things, 
our lives and our deaths are lost sight of. The panorama is 
shifted, and the life-bustle of to-day is the death-tableau of to- 
morrow. And while it is extremely difficult to recover from 
the dim and shadowy past, a true history of all the struggles 
and privations of the pioneers — of their hardships, trials and 
suff'erings; of their victories, experiences of hope and faith; of 
their disappointments and triumphs, still we have their places 
of action, as well as many of their acts, together with their 
historic and sacred names, which we present in these pages 



and which, we doubt not, will be appreciated and greatly cher- 
ished by the noble sons and daughters of the great State of 
Indiana 

Being engaged in writing a full and complete history of 
Harrison, the old Capitol County, I have selected the matter 
contained herein for the benefit and edification of the people 

throughout our State. 

The Author, 

D. F. LEMMON. 
Corydon, Indiana, October, 1891. 



THE ANCIENT CAPITAL. 



Harrison County, within the boundaries of which is the time- 
honored town, and first State Capital of Indiana, Corydon, was 
named in honor of the first Territorial Governor of Indiana, 
William Henry Harrison, the distinguished patriot, soldier and 
statesman. It was the fourth county organized — carved from 
a portion of the territory included in Knox county, in 1808, 
and is situated in the southern portion of the State. It is 
bounded north by Washington county, east by Floyd county, 
south-east, south, and south-west by the Ohio river, which runs 
on its border about sixty miles, west by Crawford county, and 
contains 478 square miles, and a population of 22,000. The 
settlement of this county, by the whites, dates back to the be- 
ginning of the present century. In common with the entire 
southern part of the State, it is somewhat" broken and hilly, 
but possesses some beautiful and fertile valleys. The uplands 
have no superiors in the State for small grains and fruit, which 
are produced in abundance. The wheat yield this year being 
estimated at fully one million bushels. There are many at- 
tractive caves, and beautiful streams of water within its limits. 
The population of this county being principally descendants 
from the old sturdy pioneers, who came here nearly a century 
ago, and the balance being excellent people from the older 
States, they are intelligent, civil, industrious, economical and 
progressive. Indeed no other county in our State, has better 
society than the "old Capitol County." 

While there are not many wealthy people in our county, it 
has often and truthfully been said, by persons who travel ex- 
tensively, that in proportion to population, no other county in 
the State had more good livers than this county, and the gen- 
erosity and hospitality of whose people knew no bounds: and 



as the old pioneer fathers, -whose characteristics they have in- 
herited, the latch-string always hangs outward. 

The Ancient Capital, Corydon, the seat of justice, and the 
geographical and legal center of the county, was founded in 
1808, by William Henry Harrison and Hervey Heth. It is a 
beautiful town, pleasantly situated in a valley, and on the high 
rolling ground at the junction of Big and Little Indian creeks. 
It is surrounded on all sides by high hills, from w^hich grand 
views of the surrounding country may be obtained. It is 120 
miles due south of Indianapolis, 20 miles west of the Falls Cit- 
ies, New Albany, Jeffersonville and Louisville, and 8 miles 
east of the noted Wyandotte Cave, 7 miles south of the L., E. 
& St. L. Railroad, by which it is connected by the Louisville, 
New Albany & Corydon Railroad. 

At the suggestion of Gov. Harrison, this town was named by 
Miss Jennie Smith, daughter of Edward Smith, a deserter from 
the British army, during the Revolutionary War. Some years 
after Mr. Smith deserted he worked his way into the wilderness 
where Corydon now stands. A few rods east of the Fair 
Ground sprint, just south of the present corporate limits of 
Corydon, Mr. Smith erected a log cabin, Avhere he reared a 
large, intelligent and respectable family. While Gen. Harrison 
was Govenor of Indiana Territory, at Vincennes, he made fre- 
quent visits east, and also spent a part of his time in Harrison 
county, and while on those visits, he always made Mr. Smith's 
cabin one of his stopping points, where he rested his wearied 
limbs, and his jaded "nag." 

The General was very fond of vocal music, and Mr. Smith's 
daughters were good singers. They had procured a song book 
in which was the song "Old Corydon." This was the General's 
favorite, and he, on his visits, had the young ladies sing it, and 
frequently to repeat it; and often after supper the General and 
the Smith family would gather in front of the cabin door while 
those noble young pioneer heroines would make the hills and 
valleys, around where Corydon now stands, resound with their 
musical strains, perhaps drowning the screams of the wiley and 
sneaking panther, and the howls of the impudent and daring 
wolves. On taking his leave of the family, one morning, the 
General suggested to the young ladies that he intended to 
found a town near by, and requested a name, whereupon Miss 



Jennie Smith suggested that it be called after his favorite song, 
Corydon, which was accepted by the General. 

By an act of the General Assembly of Indiana Territory, at 
Vincennes, which was approved on the 11th day of March, 
1813, the Seat of Government of said Territory was fixed at 
Corydon, Harrison County, "from and after the first day of May, 
1813/' 

In conformity with a joint resolution of both Houses of the 
General Assembly of the Territory, Acting Governor Gibson 
prorogued them to meet at Corydon on the first day of Decem- 
ber, 1813. Corydon remained the Territorial and State Capi- 
tal of Indiana, from that date until the tenth day of January, 
1825, when it Avas removed to Indianapolis. The population 
of this ancient town is near one thousand, which is not much 
greater than it was while it was the Capital of the State. 

While Corydon is not large it is quite a business place. And 
as it is in the natural gas area, many fine natural gas wells be- 
ing near by, her enterprising citizens hope, in the near future, 
to see her greatly stimulated by the same. 

THE OLD STATE CAPITAL AT CORYDON, 1813-25. 

This old stone structure was built in 1811, but not thorough- 
ly completed until 1815. Dennis Pennington, one of the most 
prominent men in Harrison county, and in fact in the State, 
in his time, superintended the building of it. It is forty feet 
square. The foundation was placed three feet in the ground 
and made two and one-half feet wide. The walls for the first 
story are two and one half feet thick, and the room fifteen feet 
high in the clear. The walls of the second story are two feet thick 
and the room ten feet in the clear. The material out of which 
this building was constructed was blue lime-stone, in irregular 
courses, from four to twelve inches thick, gathered from the 
immediate neighborhood. The Legislature met here until 
1825. The members of the House occupied the lower room, 
and the Senate Chamber was the room in the south side of the 
upper story. The Clerk of the Supreme Court occupied a 
room in the north-east corner of the second story. When the 
Legislature was not in session these rooms were occupied by 
the Supreme, District, and County Courts. 
- This old building has been used extensively for the last eigh- 



ty years. United States Senators have been elected here. 
Presidential Electors have been elected here, and cast their 
votes for Presidential candidates here. It has been used since 




THE OLD STATE CAPITAL AT CORYDON, 1813-25. 



it has been built for all parties in holding their political con- 
ventions here. It is the grand center for all kinds of public 
gatherings. And although used so extensively for the last four 
score years, not a single break appears in its massive walls. 
It has for several years been used as the Circuit Court building. 



The Court occupying the lower floor, and the juries the rooms 
of the upper story. 



The General Assembly of Indiana Territory, which met at 
Corydon on the first Monday in December, 1815, did on the 
11th day of that month, adopt a memorial which was laid be- 
fore Congress, by the Territorial Delegate, the Hon. Jonathan 
Jennings, on the 28th of the same month, that contained the 
following passages: "Whereas, the Ordinance of Congress for 
the government of this Territory has provided, that when there 
shall be sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, this Territory 
shall be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the 
original States; and, whereas, by a census taken by the author- 
ity of the Legislature of this Territory, it appears from the re- 
turns, that the number of free white inhabitants, exceeds sixty 
thousand — -We, therefore, pray the Honorable Senate and House 
of Representatives, in Congress assembled, to order an election, 
to be conducted agreeably to the existing laws of this Territory 
to be held in the several counties of this Territory, on 
the first Monday of May, 1816, for Representatives to meet 
in Convention, at the seat of Government of this Territory, on 
the day of ,1816, who, when assembled, shall deter- 
mine, by a majority of the votes of all the members elected, 
whether it will be expedient or inexpedient to go into a State 
Government; and if it be determined expedient, the Convention 
thus assembled shall have the power to form a Constitution and 
frame of Government; or, if it be deemed inexpedient, to pro- 
vide for the election of Representatives to meet in Convention, 
at some future period, to form a Constitution. 

"And, whereas, the inhabitants of this Territory are princi- 
pally composed of emigrants from every part of the Union, and 
as various in their customs and sentiments as in their persons, 
we think it prudent, at this time, to express to the General 
Government our attachment to the fundamental principles of 
legislation prescribed by Congress in their ordinance for the 
government of this Territory, particularly, as respects personal 
freedom and involuntary servitude^ and hope they may be con- 
tinued as the basis of the Constitution." 

The Memorial was referred to a committee, of which Mr. 



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Jennings, the Delegate from Indiana Territory, was the chair- 
man; and on the 5th of January, 1810, this gentleman reported 
to the House of Representatives of the United States, a bill to 
enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a Constitu- 
tion and State Government, and for the admission of such 
State into the Union on an equal footing with the original 
States. This bill, after having been amended in some particu- 
lars, was passed by Congress, and became a law, by the approv- 
al of the President of the United States, on the 19th day of 
April, 1816. Which act is as follows: 

ACT OF CONGRESS. 

An Act to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to 
form a Constitution and State Government, and for the 
admission of such State into the Union on equal foot- 
ing with the original States. 

(Approved April 16, 1815.) 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, of the United States of America, in Congress 
assembled: 

That the inhabitants of the Territory of Indiana be, and 
they are hereby authorized, to form for themselves a Consti- 
tution and State Government, and to assume such name as 
they shall deem proper; and the said State Avhen formed, shall 
be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the 
original States, in all respects whatever. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that the said State shall 
consist of all the territory included within the following bound- 
aries, to-wit; Bounded on the East by the meridian line 
which forms the western boundry of the State of Ohio; on the 
South, by the river Ohio, from the mouth of the Great Miami 
river to the mouth of the river Wabash; on the West, by a 
line drawn from the middle of the Wabash, from its mouth to a 
point where a due north line drawn from the town of Vincen- 
nes would last touch the north-western shore of the said river; 
and from thence, by a due north line, until the same shall 
intersect an east and west line drawn through a point ten 
miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan; on the 
North by the said east and west line, until the same shall 



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intersect the first mentioned n.eridian line, which forms the 
western boundry of the State of Ohio; provided that the con- 
vention hereinafter provided for, when formed, shall ratify the 
boundaries aforesaiil; otherwise they shall be and remain as 
now prescribed by the ordinance for the government of the 
Territory north-west of the river Ohio; provided, also, that the 
said State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river 
Wabash, with the State to be formed west thereof, so far as 
the said river shall form a common boundary to both. 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That all male citi- 
zens of the United States, who shall have arrived at the age 
of twenty-one years, and resided within the said Territory at 
least one year previous to the day of election, and shall have 
paid a county or territorial tax, and all persons having in other 
respects the legal qualifications to vote for Representatives in 
the General Assembly by the said Territory, be, and they are 
hereby authorized to choose Representatives to form a Conven- 
tion, who shall be apportioned among the several counties with- 
in the said Territory, according to the apportionment made by 
the Legislature thereof, at their last session, to-wit: From the 
county of Wayne, four representatives; from the county of 
Dearborn, three representatives; from the county of Switzer- 
land, one representative; from the county of Jefferson, three 
representatives; from the county of Clark, five representatives; 
from the county of Harrison, five representatives; from the 
county of Washington, five representatives; from the county of 
Knox, five representatives; from the county of Gibson, four rep- 
resentatives; from the county of Posey, one representative; 
from the county of Warrick, one representative; from the coun- 
ty of Perry, one representative. 

And the election for the representatives aforesaid, shall be 
holden on the second Monday in May, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and sixteen, throughout the several counties in said Ter- 
ritory; and shall be conducted in the same manner, and under 
the same penalties as prescribed by the laws of said Territory 
regulating elections therein for members of the House of Rep- 
resentatives. 

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the members of the 
Convention, thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby author- 
ized, to meet at the seat of government of said Territory, on 



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the second Monday of June next, which Convention when met, 
shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elect- 
ed, whether it be or be not expedient, at that time, to form a 
Constitution and State Government for the people within the 
said Territory; and if it be determined to be expedient, the 
Convention shall be, and hereby are, authorized to form a Con- 
stitution and State Government; or if it be deemed more expe- 
dient, the said Convention shall provide by Ordinance for elec- 
tion of representatives to form a Constitution or frame of gov- 
ernment, which said representatives shall be chosen in such 
manner, and in such proportion, and shall meet at such time 
and place, as shall be prescribed by the said Ordinance; and 
shall then form, for the people of said Territory, a Constitution 
and State Government; provided, that the same, whenever 
formed, shall be republican, and not repugnant to those arti- 
cles of the Ordinance of the thirteenth of July, One thousand 
seven hundred and eighty- seven, which are declared to be irre- 
vocable between the original States and the people and States 
of the territory north-west of the river Ohio; excepting so much 
of said articles as relates to the boundaries of States therein to 
be formed. 

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That until the next 
general census shall be taken, the said State shall be entitled 
to one Representative in the House of Representatives of the 
United States. 

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the following 
propositions be, and the same are hereby offered to the Conven- 
tion of the said Territory of Indiana, when formed, for their 
free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted by the Conven- 
tion shall be obligatory upon the United States: 

First. That the section numbered sixteen, in every township, 
and when such section has been sold, granted, or disposed of, 
other lands, equivalant thereto, and most contiguous to the 
same, shall be granted to the inhabitants of such township, for 
the use of schools. 

Second. That all salt springs within the said Territory, and 
the land reserved for the use of the same, together with such 
other lands as may, by the President of the United States, be 
deemed necessary and proper for working the said salt springs, 
not exceeding in the whole, the quantity contained in thirty- 



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six entire sections, shall be granted to the said State for use of 
the people of the said State, the same to be used under such 
terms, conditions, and regulations as the Legislature of the 
said State shall direct; provided, the said Legislature shall nev- 
er sell nor lease the same for a longer period than ten years at 
any one time. 

Third. That five per cent, of the net proceeds of the lands 
lying within the said Territory, and which shall be sold by 
Congress, from and after the first day of December next, after 
deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved 
for making public roads and canals, of which three-fifths shall be 
applied to those objects within the said State, under the direction 
of the Legislature thereof, and two-fifths to the making of a 
road or roads leading to the said State under the direction of 
Congress. 

Fourth. That one entire township, which shall be designated 
by the President of the United States, in addition to the one 
heretofore reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, and 
vested in the Legislature of the said State, to be appropriated 
solely to the use of such seminary by the said Legislature. 

Fifth. That four sections of land be, and the same are here- 
by granted to the said State, for the purpose of fixing their 
seat of Government thereon, which four sections shall, under 
the direction of the Legislature of said State, be located at any 
time in such township and range, as the Legislature, aforesaid, 
may select, on such lands as may hereafter be acquired by the 
United States, from the Indian tribes within said Territory; 
provided that such locations shall be made prior to the public 
sale of the lands of the United States, surrounding such loca- 
tion; and, provided always, that the five foregoing propositions 
herein offered, are on the conditions: that the Convention of the 
said State shall provide by an ordinance irrevocable, without 
the consent of the United States, that every and each tract of 
land sold by the United States, from and after the first day of 
December next, shall be and remain exempt from any tax, laid 
by order or under any authority of the State, whether for State, 
county, or township, or for any other purpose whatever, for the 
term of five years, from and after the day of sale." 

In conformity with the provisions of this law, an election for 
members of a Convention, to form a State Constitution, was 



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held in the several counties of the Territory, on Monday, the 
thirteenth day of May, 1816. The memhers of the Convention 
were elected according to an apportionment which had been 
made by the Territorial Legislature, and confirmed by an act 
of Congress. Their names and the names of the counties which 
they represented in the Convention, here follow: 

Clark County, five members, Jonathan Jennings, James 
Scott, Thomas Carr, John K. Graham, and James Lemmon. 

Knox County, five members. John Johnson, John Badollct, 
William Polke, Benjamin Parke, and John Benefiel. 

Dearborn Couniy, three members, James Dill, Solomon 
Manwaring, and Ezra Ferris. 

Harrison County, five members, Dennis Pennington, Davis 
Floyd, Daniel C. Lane, John Boone, and Patrick Shields. 

Wayne County, four members, Jeremiah Cox, Patrick Ba- 
ird, Joseph Holman, and Hugh Cull. 

Franklin County, five members, William H. Eads, James 
Brownlee, Enoch McCarty, Robert Hanna, jr., and James No- 
ble. 

Switzerland County, one member, William Cotton. 
Jefferson County, three members, David H. Maxwell, 
Samuel Smock, and Nathaniel Hunt. 

Washington County, five members, John DePauw, Samuel 
Milroy, Robert Mclntyre, William Lowe, and William Gra- 
ham. 

Gibson County, four members, David Robb, James Smith, 
Alexander Devin, and Frederick Rapp. 

Warrick County, one member, Daniel Grass. 
Perry County, one member, Charles Polke. 
Posey County, one member, Dann Lynn. 
The Convention commenced its session, at Corydon, on the 
10th of June, 1816, and continued to meet from day to day, 
until the 29th of June; when, having completed the work of 
forming a State Constitution, the members closed the session 
by final adjournment. 

Hon. Jonathan Jennings was President, and Hon. William 
Hendricks was Secretary, of the Convention; and both were fu- 
ture Governors of the State. 

On the 3rd day of the Convention the President, Mr, Jen- 
nings, announced the appointment of the following Committees: 



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Committee to prepare a Bill of Rights and Preamble to the 
Constitution, Messrs. BadoUet, Manwaring, Graham, of Clark, 
Lane, Smith, and Pennington. 

Committee relative to the distribution of the Powers of Gov- 
ernment, Messrs. Johnson, Polke, of Perry, Floyd, Maxwell and 
McCarty. 

Committee relative to the Legislative Department of Gov- 
ernment, Messrs. Noble, Ferris, Milroy, Benefiel, and Grass. 

Committee relative to the Executive Department of Govern- 
ment, Messrs. Graham, of Clark, Polke, of Knox, Rappe, 
Shields, Smock, Smith, Ferris, and Brownlee. 

Committee relative to the Judicial Department of Govern- 
ment, Messrs. Scott, Johnson, Dill, Milroy, Noble, Cotton, 
Lowe, Park, and Hunt. 

Committee relative to Impeachments, Messrs. Dill, Cox, Hunt, 
Eads, and Carr. 

Committee relative to general provisions for the Constitu- 
tion not embraced in the subjects refered to other Committees , 
Messrs. Maxwell, DePauw, Robb, Scott, and Baird. 

Committee relative to the mode of revising the Constitution^ 
Messrs. Ilanna, Pennington, Devin, Johnson, and Graham, of 
Washington. 

Committee relative to the change of Government and pre- 
serving ths existing laws until repealed by the State Legisla- 
ture, and providing for appeals from the Territorial Courts to 
the State Courts, Messrs. Floyd, Lemmon, Holman, Mchityre, 
Manwaring, and Benefiel. 

Committee relative to education and the universal dissemina- 
tion of useful knowledge, and other objects which it might be 
deemed proper to enjoin or advise the State Legislature to 
provide for, Messrs. Scott, BadoUet, Polke, of Knox, Lynn, 
and Boone. 

Committee relative to the Militia, Messrs. Dill, Hanna, Carr, 
Cotton, Robb, Holman, Cox, DePauw, Noble, Rappe, and Ben- 
efiel. 

Committee relative to Elective Franchise and Elections, 
Messrs. Ferris, Lemmon, Grass, Polke, of Perry, Cull, Smith, 
and DePauw. 

Committee on Prisons, Messrs. Carr, Pennington, Milroj, 
Grass, Hunt, Graham, of Washington, and McCarty. 



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ORDINANCE ADOPTED. 



"Be it Ordained by the Representatives of the People of 
the Territory of Indiana, in Convention met at Cory- 
don, on Monday, the tenth day of June, in the year of 
our Lord, Eighteen hundred and sixteen, 

That we do, for ourselves and our posterity, agree, determine, 
declare, and ordain, that we will, and do hereby, accept the 
propositions of the Congress of the United States, as made 
and contained in tbeir act of the nineteenth day of April, Eigh- 
teen hundred and sixteen, entitled, "An act to enable the peo- 
ple of the Indiana Territory to form a State Government and 
Constitution, and for the admission of such State into the Union, 
on an equal footing with the original States." 

And we do^ further, for ourselves and our posterity, hereby 
ratify, confirm, and establish, the boundaries of the said State 
of Indiana, as fixed, prescribed, laid down, and established, in 
the act of Congress aforesaid, and we do also, further, for our- 
selves, and our posterity, hereby agree, determine, declare, and 
ordain, that each and every tract of land sold by the United 
States, lying within the said State, and which shall be sold 
from and after the first day of December next, shall be and 
remain exempt from any tax laid by order, or under any author- 
ity of the said State of Indiana, or by or under the authority 
of the General Assembly thereof, whether for State, county, or 
township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five 
years from and after the day of sale of any such tract of land; 
and we do, moreover, for ourselves and our posterity, hereby 
declare and ordain this Ordinance, and every part thereof, 
shall forever be and remain irrevocable and inviolate, without 
the consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, first 
had and obtained for the alteration thereof, or any part thereof. 
JONATHAN JENNINGS, 

President of the Convention. 

Attest: William Hendricks, Secretary. 

June 29, 1816." 



PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION. 

We, the Representatives of the people of the Territory of 



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Indiana, in Convention, met at Corydon, on Monday, the tenth 
day of June, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and 
sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States the for- 
tieth, having the right of admission into the General Govern- 
ment, as a member of tlie Union, consistent with the Constitu- 
tion of the United States, the Ordinance of Congress of One 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and the Law of Con- 
gress entitled, "An Act to enable the people of Indiana Terri- 
tory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for 
the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing 
with the original States," in order to establish justice, promote 
tbe welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and 
our posterity, do ordain, and establish the following Constitu- 
tion or form of Government; and do mutually agree, with each 
other, to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by 
the name of The State of Indiajia. 




THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREE. 



When the old hardy pioneer Delegates met at Corydon on 
the 10th of June, 1816, to draft our first Constitution, and to 
formulate plans of government, for a future great State of the 



Union, Indiana, the most of them had left their abodes, rude 
log cabins, and had traveled many miles through an almost 
unbroken wilderness, infested with the wild cat, the catamount, 
the panther, the bear, the wolf, &c. 

They had chased the deer, and had contended with the sava- 
ges of the forests, the Indians, and were used to out-door exer^ 
cise; and rather than be seated in a large, commodious, and 
cosey room of the "■Ancient Capital" building, during their en- 
tire session, in the hot days of June, from the 10th, to the 29th, 
they hied themselves to the inviting shades of the spreading 
boughs of a huge Elm, on the banks of Big Indian creek, about 
two squares north-west of the Capital building, where they 
spent about half their time, of their twenty days, devising 
ways and means to secure to their posterity, and the future 
generations, a happy and prosperous people, a wise and good 
government. 

The old Elm still stands in all of its grandure; one hundred 
and twenty-four feet from tip to tip of its branches, five feet in 
diameter, and about fifty feet high. It was photographed in 
the spring of 3 891, for this work, and the foregoing is an exact 
picture of it. This mammoth Elm is sacredly cherished by all 
the inhabitants of the "Ancient Capital." and greatly admired 
by all who behold it. Long may it wave. 



The Convention that formed the first Constitution of the 
State of Indiana, was composed mainly of clear minded, un- 
pretending men, of common sense and rugged honesty, who 
Avere aglow with patriotism, and whose morals were not ques- 
tioned. Seeing and feeling their need of good government, 
they had familiarized themselves with the imperishable princi- 
ples and theories of that grand instrument, the Declaration of 
Independence, handed down by the fathers of 1776. The Con- 
stitution of the United States was also investigated and cher- 
ished by them as a sacred message. The Constitution that was 
formed for Indiana, in 1816, was clear and concise, comprehen- 
sive and just, for the maintenance of civil and religious liberty, 
designed to protect the rights of the people, and to provide for 
the public welfare. 

The ofiicers of the Territorial Government were required to 



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continue to discharge their duties until superseded by officers 
elected under the Constitution of the State. The President of 
the Convention was required to "issue writs of election, direct- 
ed to the several Sheriffs of the several counties requiring them 
to cause an election to be held for Governor, Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor, Representative to Congress, members of the General 
Assembly, Sheriffs, and Coroners, at their respective election 
districts, in each county, on the first Monday in August, 1816." 
At the general election which was held at this time, Hon. Jon- 
athan Jennings, of Clark county, was elected Governor. He 
received 5,211 votes; and his competitor. Gov. Thomas Posey, 
of Harrison county, who was tho Governor of the Territory, 
received 3,934 votes. Christopher Harrison, of Washington 
county, was elected Lieutenant-Governor; and William Hen- 
dricks, of Jefferson county, was elected Representative to Con- 
gress. 

The election of members of the first General Assembly, un- 
der the Constitution of the State of Indiana, resulted as fol- 
lows: 



From the county of Knox, William Polke. 

From the county of Gibson, William Prince. 

From the counties of Posey, Perry, and Warrick, Daniel 
Grass. 

From the county of Wayne, Patrick Baird. 

From the county of Franklin, John Conner. 

From the counties of Washington, Orange, and Jackson, 
John DePauw. 

From the counties of Jefferson and Switzerland, John Paul. 

From the county of Dearborn, Ezra Ferris. 

From the county of Harrison, Dennis Pennington. 

From the county of Clark, James Beggs. 

HOUSE. 

From the county of Wayne, Joseph Holman, Ephraim Over- 
man, and John Scott. 

From the county of Franklin, James Noble, David Mounts, 
and James Brownlee. 



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From the county of Dearborn, Amos Lane, and Erasmus 
Powell. 

From the county of Switzerland, John Dumont. 

From the county of Jefferson, Williamson Dunn and Samuel 
Alexander. 

From the county of Clark, Benjamin Ferguson, Thomss Carr, 
and John K. Graham. 

From the county of Harrison, Davis Floyd, Jacob Zenor, 
and John Boone. 

From the county of Washington, Samuel Milroy and Alex- 
ander Littell. 

From the county of Jackson, William Graham. 

From the county of Orange, Jonathan Lindley. 

From the county of Knox, Isaac Blackford, Walter Wilson, 
and Henry I. Mills. 

From the county of Gibson, Edmond Hogan and John John- 
son. 

From the county of Posey, Dann Lynn. 

From the county of Warrick, RatlifF Boone. 

From the county of Perry, Samuel Conner. 

The Assembly commenced its session, at Corydon, on Mon- 
day, the 4th of November, 1816. 

John Paul was called to the Chair of the Senate, pro tempore; 
and Isaac Blackford was elected Speaker of the House of Rep- 
resentatives. 

On Thursday, November 7, the oath of office was adminis- 
tered to Governor Jennings and to Lieutenant-Governor Har- 
rison, in the presence of both Houses; immediately after which, 
Gov. Jennings delivered his first message to the first General 
Assembly, under the first Constitution of the State of Indiana. 
In his message he said: " Gentlemen of the Senate and House 
of Representatives: The period has arrived which has devolved 
on you the important duty of giving the first impulse to the 
government of the State. The result of your deliberations 
will be considered as indicative of its future character, as well 
as of the future happiness and prosperity of its citizens. The 
reputation of the State, as well as its highest interest, will re- 
quire that a just and generous policy toward the general Gov- 
ernment, and a due regard to the rights of its members respect- 
ively, should invariably have their proper influence. In the 



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commencement of the State government, shackles of the Colo- 
nial should be forgotten in your united exertions to prove, by 
happy experience, that a uniform adherence to the first princi- 
ples of our Government, and a virtuous exercise of its powers, 
will best secure efficiency to its measures and stability to its 
character. Without a frequent recurrence to those principles, 
the administration of the government v/ill imperceptibly be- 
come more and more arduous, until the simplicity of our repub- 
lican institutions may eventually be lost in dangerous expedi- 
ents and political design. Under every free government the 
happiness of the citizens must be identified with their morals; 
and while a constitutional exercise of their rights shall contin- 
ue to have its due weight in the discharge of the duties requir- 
ed of the constituted authorities of the State, too much atten- 
tion cannot be bestowed to the encouragement and promotion 
of every moral virtue, and to the enactment of laws calculated 
to restrain the vicious, and prescribe punishment for every 
crime commensurate to its enormity. In measuring, however, 
to each crime its adequate punishment, it will be well to recol- 
lect, that the certainty of punishment has generally the surest 
effect to prevent crime; while punishment unnecessarily severe, 
too often produces the acquittal of the guilty, and disappoints 
one of the greatest objects of legislation and good government. 

The dessemination of useful knowledge will be indispensably 
necessary as a support to morals, and a restraint to vice; and 
on this subject, it will be necssary to direct your attention to 
the plan of education as prescribed by the Constitution. I re- 
commend, to your consideration, the propriety of providing, by 
law, to prevent, more effectually, any unlawful attempts to 
seize, or carry into bondage persons of color legally entitled to 
their freedom; and at the same time, as far as practicable, to 
prevent those who rightfully owe service to the citizens of any 
other State or Territory, from seeking, within the limits of this 
State, a refuge from the possession of their lawful owners. 
Such a measure will tend to secure those who are free from any 
unlawful attempts to enslave them, and secure the rights of the 
citizens of the other States and Territories as far as ought 
reasonably to be expected." 

The Territorial Government of Indiana, was thus superseded 
by a State Government, on the 7th of November, 1816; and the 



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State of Indiana was formally admitted into the Union by a 
joint resolution of Congress, approved on the 11th day of De- 
cember, 1816. 



Members of the second session of the General Assembly, of 
the State of Indiana, convened at Corydon, Monday, Decem- 
ber 1st, 1817. 



From the counties of Knox, Sullivan, and Davies, William 
Polke. 

From the counties of Warrick, Perry, and Posey, Daniel 
Grass. 

From the county of Harrison, Dennis Pennington. 

From the counties of Switzerland and Jefferson, John Paul. 

From the county of Dearborn, Ezra Ferris. 

From the county of Franklin, John Conner. 

From the counties of Gibson and Pike, Isaac Montgomery. 

From the counties of Washington, Orange, and Jackson, 
John DePauw. 

From the county of Clark, James Beggs. 

From the county of Wayne, Patrick Baird. 

HOUSE. 

From the county of Posey, Samuel Conner and Dann Lynn. 

From the county of Warrick. Ratcliff Boone. 

From the county of Gibson, James Campbell and Richard 
Daniel. 

From the county of Knox, Geo. R. C. Sullivan, John Mc- 
Clure and Robert Buntin. 

From the county of Harrison, James B. Slaughter, Jacob 
Zenor, and William D. Littell. 

From the county of Orange, Samuel Chambers. 

From the county of Jackson, William Graham. 

From the county of Washington, Samuel Milroy, and Alex- 
ander Littell. 

From the county of Clark, Benjamin Ferguson, Thos. Carr, 
and Charles Beggs. 



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From the county of Jeflfersoon, Williamsn Dunn and Nathan- 
iel Hunt. 

From the county of Switzerland, Ralph Cotton. 
From the county of Dearborn, Amos Lane. 
From the county of Franklin, Stephen C. Stephens, James 
Snowden, and John Bryson. 

From the county of Wayne, Joseph Ilolman, John Scott, 
and Robert Hill. 

Amos Lane, Speaker, 

John F. Ross, Clerk, and 

Robert Biggs, Doorkeeper. 



Members of the third session of the General Assembly, con- 
vened at Corydon, Monday, December 7th, 1818. 

SENATE. 

From the county of Wayne, Patrick Baird. 

From the count}'- of Franklin, John Conner. 

From the county of Dearborn, Ezra Ferris. 

From the counties of Jefferson and Switzei-land, John Paul. 

From the county of Clark, James Beggs. 

From the counties of Washington, Jackson, Orange, Law- 
rence, and Monroe, John DePauw. 

From the counties of Gibson, Pike, and Dubois, Isaac 
Montgomery. 

From the counties of Harrison and Crawford, Dennis Pen- 
nington. 

From the counties of Knox, Sullivan, Daviess, and Vigo, 
William Polke. 

From the counties of Posey, Vanderburg, Perry, Spencer, 
and Warrick, Ratliff Boone. 

HOUSE. 

From the county of Wayne, John Sutherland, Lewis Johnson, 
and Zachariah Ferguson. 

From the county of Franklin, Jonathan McCarthy, Allen 
Christer, and James Gowdie. 



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From the county of Dearborn, John Watts and Erasmus 
PoAvell. 

From the county of Switzerh\nd, Ralph Cotton, 

From the county of Jefferson, Nathaniel Hunt, and William- 
son Dunn. 

From the county of Clark, John K. Thompson, Charles 
Beggs, and Joseph Bartholomew. 

From the county of Washington, Samuel Milroy and Jona- 
than Lyons. 

From the county of Jackson, William Graham. 

From the county of Orange, Samuel Chambers. 

From the county of Harrison, William P. Thomasson, Harbin 
H. Moore, and Jas. B. Slaughter. 

From the county of Perry, Samuel Conner. 

From the county of Warrick, Elisha Harrison. 

From the county of Gibson, Richard Daniel and Jno. John- 
son. 

From the county of Knox, Geo. R. C. Sullivan, Robert Bun- 
tin, and General W. Johnson. 

At this session John Paul was elected President, ^Jro tempore, 
of the Senate, John Dill, Secretary, and Henry Batman, Door- 
keeper. 

The House elected Williamson Dunn, Speaker, John F. Ross, 
Clerk, and Jno. Johnson, Doorkeeper. 



Members from the fourth session of the General Assembly, 
convened at Corydon, December 6th, 1819. 

SENATE, 

From the counties of Wayne and Randolph, Patrick Baird. 

From the counties cf Clark and a part of Floyd, James 
Beggs. 

From the counties of Harrison, Crawford, and a part of 
Floyd, Dennis Pennington. 

From the counties of Gibson and Pike, Isaac Montgomery. 

From the county of Dearborn, John Gray. 

From the counties of Vanderburg, Posey, Warrick, Spencer, 
and Perry, Elisha Harrison. 



From the counties of Switzerland, Jefferson, Jennings, and 
Ripley, William Cotton. 

From the counties of Franklin and Fayette, William C. 
Drew. 

From the counties of Washington, Orange, Jackson, Law- 
rence, and Monroe, Alexander Little. 



From the county of Wayne, John Sutherland, Robert Hill, 
and Joseph Hollman. 

From the county of Franklin, Allen Crisler, Enoch D. John, 
and Conrad Salor. 

From the county of Dearborn, Isaac Morgan and Samuel 
Jelly. 

From the county of Switzerland, Samuel Merrill. 

From the county of Jefferson, Williamson Dunn and Jeremi- 
ah Sullivan. 

From the county of Clark, John F. Ross, John H. Thompson, 
and Andrew P. Hay. 

From the county of Jackson, William Graham. 

From the county of Washington, Samuel Milroy and Sam- 
uel Lindley. 

From the county of Orange, Samuel Chambers. 

From the county of Harrison, William P. Thomasson, Jacob 
Zenor, and John N. Dunbar. 

From the county of Perry, John Ewing. 

From the county of Warrick, Daniel Grass. 

From the county of Posey, Dann. Lynn. 

From the counties of Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Owen, and Da- 
viess, Peter Allen. 

From the county of Gibson, Robert M. Evans and John W. 
Maddox. 

From the county of Knox, Thomas H. Blake and Joseph 
Warner. 

At this session James Beggs was elected President, ])ro tem- 
2}ore, of the Senate, Henry Hurst, Secretary, and Henry Bat- 
man, Doorkeeper. 

Williamson Dunn was elected Speaker of the House, William 
W. Mick, Clerk, and Andrew B. Holland, Doorkeeper. 



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Members of the fifth session of the General Assembly, con- 
vened at Corydon, November 27th, 18-0. 

SENATE. 

From the counties of Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Daviess, and 
Owen, William Polke. 

From the counties of Franklin and a part of Fayette, Wil- 
liam C. Drew. 

From the counties of Warrick, Vanderburg, Posey, Spencer, 
Perry, and a part of Crawford, Elisha Harrison. 

From the counties of Jefferson, Switzerland, Ripley, and 
Jennings, William Cotton, 

From the counties of Harrison, Crawford, and Floyd, James 
B. Slaughter. 

From the counties of Gibson, Posey, Dubois, and part of 
Perry, Richard Daniel. 

From the counties of Washington, Orange, Jackson. Law- 
rence, and Monroe, James Gregory. 

From the county of Clark and parts of Scott and Floyd, 
Joseph Bartholomew. 

From the counties of Wayne, Randolph, and part of Fayette, 
Patrick Baird. 

From the counties of Dearborn and Ripley, John Gray. 



From the county of Wayne, Joseph Hollman, Simon Yandes, 
and Thomas Swaine. 

From the county of Franklin, James Goudie, Joseph Hanna, 
and Enoch D. John. 

From the county of Dearborn, Ezra Ferris and Erasmus 
Powell. 

From the county of Switzerland, Samuel Merrell. 

From the county of Jefferson, Jeremiah Sullivan and 
Thomas Crawford. 

From the county of Clark, John F. Ross, Andrew P. Hay, 
and Joseph Gibson. 

From the county of Jackson, William Graham. 

From the county of Washington, Maston G. Clark and Sam- 
uel Milroy. 



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From the county of Harrison, John Tipton, Henry Green, 
and Jacob Zenor. 

From the county of Perry. Samuel Conner. 

From the county of Warrick, Daniel Grass. 

From the county of Franklin, Enoch D. John. 

From the county of Posey, Chas. I. Battell. 

From the county of Gibson, David Robb. 

From the county of Knox, Geo. R. C. Sullivan, Rob't Stur- 
gus, and John McDonald. 

At this session James Morrison was elected Secretary of the 
Senate, and Henry Batman Doorkeeper. 

William Graham was elected Speaker of the House, William 
W. Wick, Clerk, and Henry P. Thornton, Assistant Clerk, and 
John Moore, Doorkeeper. 



Members of the sixth session, of the General Assembly, con- 
vened at Corydon, Monday, November 19, 1821. 



From the counties of Clark and Floyd, Joseph Bartholomew. 

From the counties of Orange, Lawrence and Monroe, James 
Gregory. 

From the counties of Gibson and Pike, Richard Daniel. 

From the county of Dearborn, John Gray. 

From the counties of Switzerland and Ripley, William Cot- 
ton. 

From the counties of Knox, Daviess, and Martin, Frederick 
Sholtz. 

From the counties of Sullivan, Vigo, Green, Owen, and Pike, 
Thomas H. Blake. 

From the counties of Jefferson and Jennings, Brooke Ben- 
nett. 

From fhe county of Washington, Marston G. Clark. 

From counties of Harrison and Crawford, James B. Slaugh- 
ter. 

From the counties of Warrick, Vanderburg, and Posey, Eli- 
sha Harrison. 

From the counties of Jackson and Bartholomew, William 
Graham. 



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HOUSE. 



From the county of Knox, General W. Johnson and Benj. S. 
Beckes. 

From the counties of Daviess and IMartin, James G. Reed. 

From the county of Vigo, Joseph Shelby. 

From the county of Jefferson, Copland P. J. Arion and Israel 
T. Canby. 

From the county of Jennings, Zenas Kimberly. 

From the county of Clark, John Miller and Jno. H. Thompson. 

From the county of Floyd, Moses Kirkpatrick. 

From the county of Washington, Samuel Milroy and Noah 
Wright. 

From the county of Jackson, James Braman, 

From the county of Scott, W^illiam D. Clark. 

From the county of Orange, Chas. Dewey and Alexander 
Wallace. 

From the county of Lawrence, John Milroy. 

From the county of Monroe, David H. Maxwell. 

From the county of Harrison, John Tipton and John N. Dun- 
bar. 

From the county of Crawford, Henry Green. 

From the county of Posey, Charles I. Battell. 

From the county of Gibson, William Prince. 

From the counties of Vanderburg and Warrick, Hugh N. 
Donaghe. 

From the counties of Spencer, Perry, and Dubois, Thomas 
Vandever. 

From the county of Switzerland, Samuel Merrill and Wm. 
B. Chamberlain. 

From the county of Ripley, Joseph Bentley. 

From the county of Dearborn, Erasmus Powell, Amos Lane, 
and Ezra Ferris. 

From the county of Bartholomew, John Lindsey. 

From the county of Franklin, Geo. L. Murdock and James 
B. Ray. 

From the county of Pike, John Johnson. 

At this session James Morrison was elected Secretary of the 
Senate, Robt. A. New, Assistant Secretary, and Henry Bat- 
man Doorkeeper. 



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Samuel Milroy was elected Speaker of the House, John F. 
Ross, Clerk, Henry P. Thornton, Assistant Clerk, and John 
Moore, Doorkeeper. 

Members of the seventh session of the General Assembly^ 
convened at Corydon, Monday, December, 2, 1822. 



From the counties of Wayne and Randolph, Patrick Baird. 

From the counties of Jefferson and Jennings, Brook Bennet. 

From the counties of Gibson and Pike, Richard Daniel. 

From the counties of Jackson, Scott, and Bartholomew, Wil- 
liam Graham. 

From the counties of Vanderburg, Warrick and Posey, Eli- 
sha Harrison. 

From the counties of Harrison and Crawford, James B. 
Slaughter. 

From the counties of Knox, Martin and Daviess, Frederick 
Scholtz. 

From the counties of Clark and Floyd, John H. Thompson. 

From the counties of Orange, Lawrence, and Monroe, Samuel 
Chambers. 

From the counties of Sullivan, Vigo, Green, Owen, Parke, 
and Putnam, John Jenckes. 

From the county of Dearborn, John Gray. 

From the counties of Fayette and Union, Lewis Johnson. 

From the counties of Spencer, Perry, Dubois, and Warrick, 
Daniel Grass. 

From the county of Franklin, James B. Ray. 

From the counties of Switzerland and Ripley, George Craig. 

HOUSE. 

From the county of Knox, Benj. V. Beckes, and General W. 
Johnson. 

From the counties of Daviess and Martin, William H. Rout. 

From the county of Vigo, Lucius H. Scott. 

From the county of Sullivan, Henry D, Palmer. 

From tne counties of Green, Owen, and Morgan, Hugh 
Barnes. 



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From the county of Jefferson, Milton Stapp and Nathaniel 
Hunt. 

From the county of Jennings, William A. Bullock. 

From the county of Clark, Isaac Howk and William W. Arm- 
strong. 

From the county of Floyd, Alexander S. Burnett. 

From the county of Washington, Noah Wright. 

From the county of Jackson, William Marshall. 

From the county of Orange, John G. Clendenin and Jacob 
Molder. 

From the county of Lawrence, Joseph Glover. 

From the county of Monroe, Joshua H. Lucas. 

From the county of Harrison, Dennis Pennington and Peter 
Mauck. 

From tha county of Crawford, Henry Green. 

From the county of Posey, William Casey. 

From the counties of Vanderburg and Warrick, Joseph Lane. 

From the counties of Spencer, Perry and Dubois, John Daniel. 

From the county of Randolph, John Wright. 

From the county of Wayne, Robt. Hill, Isaac Julian, and 
John Jordan. 

From the county of Fayette, Oliver H. Smith. 

From the county of Union, Sylvester Everts. 

From tha county of Franklin, William McClary and Jno. E. 
Bush. 

From the county of Switzerland, John Dumont and Lewis 
Scoville. 

From the county of Dearborn, Pinkney James, Horace Bas- 
sett, and Ezekiel Jackson. 

From the county of Ripley, Joseph Bentley. 

From the county of Scott, Wra. Clark. 

At this session William Graham was elected President, pro 
tempore, of the Senate, James Dill, Secretary, John H. Farn- 
ham. Assistant Secretary, and Isaac Ash, Doorkeeper. 

General W. Johnson was elected Speaker of the House, Jno. 
F. Ross, Clerk, Henry P. Thompson, Assistant Clerk, and Jno. 
Moore, Doorkeeper. 

Members of the eighth session of the General Assembly, 
convened at Corydon, Monday, December 1st, 1823. 



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SENATE. 



From the counties of Warrick, Vanderburg, and Posey, Eli- 
sha Harrison. 

From the counties of Spencer, Perry, and Dubois, Daniel 
Grass. 

From the counties of Martin, Knox, and Daviess, Frederick 
Sholtz. 

From the counties of Jackson, Scott, and Bartholomew, 
William Graham. 

From the counties of Switzerland and Ripley, George Craig. 

From the county of Dearborn, John Gray. 

From the county of Franklin, James B. Ray. 

From the counties of Fayette and Union, Lewis Johnson. 

From the counties of Gibson and Pike, Isaac Montgomery. 

From the counties of Orange, Monroe, and Lawrence, Sam- 
uel Chambers. 

From the county of Washington, Samuel Milroy. 

From the counties of Clark and Floyd, John H. Thompson. 

From the counties of Jefferson and Jennings, Milton Stapp. 

From the counties of Wayne and Randolph, James Raridon. 

From the counties of Marion, Hamilton, Madison, Johnson, 
Decatur, Shelby, Rush and Henry, James Gregory. 

From the counties of Harrison and Crawford, James B. 
Slaughter. 

HOUSE. 

From the county of Knox, John Law and James B. McCall. 

From the counties of Daviess and Martin, James G. Reed. 

From the counties of Vigo and Parke, Thomas H. Black. 

From the county of Sullivan, Henry D. Palmer. 

From the counties of Greene, Owen and Morgan, Eli Dixon. 

From the county of Jefferson, David Hillis and C. P. J. 
Arion. 

From the county of Jennings, William A. Bullock. 

From the county of Clark, Rouben W. Nelson and Wm. G. 
Armstrong. 

From the county of Floyd, Alexander S. Burnett. 

From the county of Washington, Ezra Childs and Alex. 
Huston. 

From the county of Jackson, William Marshall. 



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From the county of Scott, William D. Clark. 

From the county of Orange, John G. Clendenin and Ezekiel 
S. Riley. 

From the county of Lawrence, Vincent Williams. 

From the county of Monroe, David H. Maxwell. 

From the county of Crawford, Elisha Tadlock. 

From the county of Harrison, Dennis Pennington and John 
Zenor. 

From the county of Posey, John Schnell. 

From the county of Gibson, John Milbourn. 

From the county of Pike, John Johnson. 

From the counties of Vanderburg and Warrick, Robert M. 
Evans. 

From the counties of Spencer, Perry and Dubois, David 
Edwards. 

From the county of Randolph, John Wright. 

From the county of Wayne, Robert Hill and Abel Lomax. 

From the county of Union, Sylvanus Everts. 

From the county of Franklin, Geo. L. Murdock and David 
Oliver. 

From the county of Switzerland, Stephen C. Stephens and 
Ralph Cotton. 

From the county of Ripley, Robert Kennedy. 

From the county of Dearborn, Samuel Jelly, Benjamin J. 
Blythe and David Bowers. 

From the county of Bartholomew, Benjamin Irwin. 

From the county of Fayette, James Browulee. 

From the counties of Marion, Madison, Hamilton and John- 
son, James Paxton. 

From the counties of Henry, Rush, Decatur, and Shelby, 
Thomas Hendricks. 

From the counties of Putnam, Montgomery, and Wabash, 
Amos Robertson. 

David H. Maxwell, Speaker. 

Henry P. Thornton, Principal Clerk. 

James E. D. Lanier, Assistant Clerk. 

James M. Ray, Enrolling Clerk, 

John Moore, Doorkeeper. 

The Senate, at this session, elected Jas. Dill, Secretary, John 
H. Farnham, Assistant Secretary, John Medcap, Doorkeeper. 



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OLD CAPITAL HOTEL. 



The principal Hotel buiMing at which the members of the 
Constitutional Convention of 1816, and the members of the 
General Assemblies that followed, while Corydon was the State 
Capital, boarded, was built in 1809, by Jacob Conrad, a gentle- 
man who came from Pennsylvania. 

It is located about one mile east of the Capital building. 
When we consider the many privations of the people of those 
times, that they traveled m;iny miles, over a roadless country, 
to reach the State Capital, it is no surprise that they would go 
one mile to secure good lodging. This ancient hotel is con- 
structed of hard blue limestone, taken from an inexhaustible 
quarry of the immediate vicinity. 

The above is an exact front view of the old building taken 
from a photograph obtained in August last. There are many 
rooms in this building. Tlie walls are twenty feet high, and 
eighteen inches thick. The end and side, as seen in the 
view, are about twenty feet long, each. That the reader in 
this progressive age of architecture may comprehend some- 
thing of the magnitude of this old hotel, setting out in the 
country, on the pike, leading from Corydon to New Albany, 
we will state that the weight of masonry in it, as estimated by 
a civil engineer, is 618,790 tons. The superficial feet of floor- 



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ing 3,412, which is of blue ash. The noice /were prepared with 
the broad-axe and whip-saw. All the wood work, not exposed, 
remains in a perfect state of preservation. The giant walls re- 
main intact. And mortar used seems impervious, though hav- 
ing been exposed to the elements more than eighty years. The 
material for this mortar was procured not more than one hun- 
dred yards from the old building. As to the durability of the 
work done on this building, and of the material it contains, the 
structure itself gives evidence that centuries may come and go 
but the hotel of the fathers will still stand. 

The small stone building near by, is a spring-house through 
which flows a magnificent spring of excellent lime stone water. 
It is said that some of the guests v/ere very fond of taking a 
a portion of this water with their "malarial medicine," which 
was a preventative to "chills and ague" in those days. 

The old hotel is now owned by Joseph J. Terstegge, a worthy 
and progressive citizen of New Albany, Ind. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

On Monday, the 3rd day of March, 1817, the citizens of Co- 
rydon met to consider the propriety of incorporating the town. 
Gen. John Tipton was called to preside over their deliberations, 
and Reuben W. Nelson was elected Secretary of the meeting. 
The opinion of the qualified voters was taken and the following 
expressed themselves favorable to incorporation: 
Joseph McMahon, Anthony Gwartney, 

David S. Collins, James Kirkpatrick, 

George Jones, Patrick Flanagan, 

Wm. P. Thomasson, Jonathan Houser, 

H. P. Coburn, John T. Jameson, 

Milo R. Davis, William Johnson, 

Daniel Craig, A. Brandon, 

Dudley Gresham, Henry Rice, Jr., 

Lyman Beeman, Thomas Spencer, 

Robert A. New, William Smith, 

Harbin H. Moore, Ezekiel Wood, 

James G. Smith, Samuel Ruth, - 

James B. Slaughter. 

There being no opposition to incorporating, it was so ordered. 



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On Monday, the 17th day March, 1817, the qualified voters 
met at the Court House, in Corydon, for the purpose of elect- 
ing five Trustees for said town. Gen. John Tipton presided, 
and Davis Floyd was chosen Clerk of the election; when the 
following persons were elected by ballot to serve one year: 

Henry Rice, Richard M. Heth, A. D. Thorn, James Kirkpat- 
rick and Mil R. Davis. 



HARRISON COUNTY S FIRST OFFICERS. 

Patrick Shields, Presiding Judge. 

John G. Pfrimmerand Moses Boone, Associate Judges. 

Geo. F. Pope. Clerk and Recorder, and 

Spier Spencer, Sherifi' and Treasurer. 

PRESENT OFFICERS. 

Charles W. Cole, Auditor. 
Patrick Griffin, Treasurer. 
Alvin E. Smith, Clerk. 
Clabe H.- Shuck, Sheriff. 
Lewis M. O'Bannon, Recorder. 
Andrew J. Armstrong, Surveyor. 
Michael Gleitz, Coroner. 

Harrison Pitman, Anthony Kannapel and William Richert, 
Commissioners. 

Daniel J. Bowling will succeed Pitman in December, next. 
Charles W. Thomas, County Superintendent of Schools. 
Silas Bringle, County Assessor. 



The following served as State Officers while the State Capi- 
tal was at Corydon: 

GOVERNORS. 

Jonathan Jennings, from Nov. 7, 1816, to December 4th, 
1822. 

William Hendricks, from Dec. 4, 1822, to Feb. 12, 1825. 



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LIEUTEXAXT GOVERNORS. 

Christopher Harrison, from 1816 to 1819. 
Ratliff Boone, from 1819 to 1825. 

SECRETARY OF STATE. 

Robert A. INew. from 1816 to 1825. 

AUDITOR OF STATE. 

William H. Lilly, from 1816 to 1829. 

TREASURERS OF STATE. 

Daniel C. Lane, from 1816 to 1823. 
Samuel Merrill, from 1823 to 1835. 

JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT. 

James Scott, from 1816 to 1831. 
John Johnson, from 1816 to 1817. 
Jesse L. Holman, from 1816 to 1831. 
Isaac Blackford, from 1317 to 1853. 

UNITED STATES SENATORS. 

James Xoble, from 1816 to 1831. 
Waller Taylor, from 1S16 to 1S25. 

REPRESENTATIVES IX CONGRESS. 

William Hendricks, from 1817 to 1822. 
William Prince, from 1822 to 1824, (died.) 
Jacob Call, from 1824. (to fill vacancy.) 




GOVEKN-QR S ^JA^■SIO^^ 

The above is a complete illustration of the front view of the 
Governor's Mansion, which was photographed in the summer 
of 1891. It is located about two squares north-east of the old 
Capitol building, on a romantic elevation, overlooking the ma- 
jor portion of the ancient town of Corydon. 

It is about thirty-two feet long, two stories high, each twelve 
feet in the clear, two rooms in each story, and double-story L 
attached to the east-half of the rear, about sixteen feet long. 

Here resided Governors Thomas Posey, Jonathan Jennings 
and William Hendricks. 

It is a brick structure, and while it is in a fair state of pres- 
ervation, it is plain to be seen that time, the great destroyer, 
has lain his hands upon it; too much dilapidated to be used as 
a residence. It is the property of Dr. Alma E. L. Smith, one 
of our oldest and most respected citizens. 



The following antique records are found in the county offices 



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at Corydon. On Commissioner's Record August 13th, 1817, 
the following: 

"On application of Ebenezer McDonald, Esqr,, Clerk of the 
Supreme Court of the State of Indiana, by Davis Floyd, it is 
ordered that Mr. McDonald be permitted to keep his office in 
the north-east corner room of the upper story of the Court 
house when the said room is not occupied by any court of In- 
diana, or the Legislature." 

"Ordered that John Tipton be allowed the sum of four dol- 
lars and fifty cents, with interest, for so much money advanced 
for wolf scalps, killed previous to the late law, as per certificate 
filed, and that the county Treasurer pay the same out of this 
years levy." 

"Ordered that the Sheriff do on this day let out to the lowest 
bidder the cleaning of lot No. 44, being one acre & — perches 
and the cleaning half of the streets adjoining the same, and al- 
so the building of a stray pen, of hewed logs, twenty-four feet 
square, to be fixed on nine good blocks two feet long, one of 
the feet sunk in the ground — the pen to he six feet high inclu- 
ding the one foot of the blocks — to have girders acri)ss the 
corners well pinned on, the door to be faced and well pinned 
on and a strong shutter to the door with a common padlock, 
and that the said Sheriff take bond with good security in double 
the amount of the lowest bid, to be completed within four 
months. The money to be paid at the expiration of the time 
aforesaid." 

(Tuesday April 4, 1809.) 

"Ordered that the Sheriff of Harrison county collect agreea- 
bly to law and agreeably to the Commissioners list from each 
person chargable therewith on each horse, mare, &c., above 
three years old, fifty cents, and on each slave one dollar, on each 
— horse the rates of the season, on each Ferry, except George 
Doups, four dollars, on Geo. Doups ferry two dollars, on each 
tavern licensed four dollars, on each one hundred dollars valua- 
tion of land ten cents, and pay to the county claimants the 
sums respectively allowed. 

Ordered that the taverns be rated as follows, to-wit: 

For each quart of whisky 37| cts. 

For every quart of bounce 37| " 

" " " •' brandy (French) $1.50 



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For every quart of peach brandy 37| cts. 

" " pint " whisky ... 18f " 

" " " " bounce 25 " 

" " " "■ French brandy 75 " 

" ^' " " peach brandy I8f " 

" " half pint of whisky 12J " 

" " " " bounce 18f " 

" " " " French brandy 50 " 

" " " " peach brandy 12| " 

for a breakfast & dinner each 25 " 

for supper 25 " 

for a cokl breakfast, dinner & supper each 16 J " 

for a horse per night stabling and*hay 25 " 

for a feed of grain per gallon 12|^ " 

lodging per night 12J " " 

(Wednesday, April, 5, 1809.) 

"JOHN ELLIOT TO JOHN GEORGE PFRIMMER. 

"Know all men by these presents that I John Elliot of the 
county of Knox, and Indiana Territory, have for and in con- 
sideration of the sum of four hundred dollars, to me in hand 
paid at or before the inseating & delivery hereof bargained, 
and do by these presents bargain and sell, unto John George 
Pfrimraer, of the county of Harrison, in said Territory, a 
certain negro woman named Betty, with her mulatto child, 
named Selina, which said negro & child was purchased of 
my father Robert Elliot, of the said county of Knox, by bill 
of sale dated on the 7th of January last past which said 
bill of sale with its conditions & assurances I do hereby 
assign and guarantee unto the said Pfrimmer, his heirs and as- 
signs, and will by these presents warrant and defend. 

Given under my hand and seal in the said county of Harri- 
son, this 10th day of Feb., 1811. John Elliott. (Seal.) 
In presence of the words 
"four hundred & woman" 
being first indented, 
William Henry Harrison, 
Henry Rice. 

Recorder's office 15th March, 1811. I Richard M. Heth, 



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recorder of Harrison county, do certify that I have recorded 
the within Bill of Sale in my office. 

R. M. HETH, Recorder." 

BOONE TO CUREANCE. 

"This indenture made the llth day of October in the year 
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eleven between 
Squire Boone of Harrison county, Indiana Territory of the one 
part, and Thomas Currance of the State of Kentucky and coun- 
ty of Henry of the other part witnesseth that the said Squire 
Boone for and in consideration of the sum ot fifty pounds cur- 
rent money to him the said Boone in hand paid the receipt 
whereof ho doth hereby confess & acknowledge, hath given, 
granted, bargained, sold and confirmed, unto the said Thomas 
Currance, his heirs & assigns one tract or parcel of land lying 
and being in Henry county out of a 2000 acre survey made in 
the name of said Boone seventy-five acres. Beginning at a 
hickory. Ash, and white Oak, thence N. 45 E. west the old line 
72 poles to a white oak and two black oaks, Thence S. 45 E. 
167 to a white oak, dog wood & hickory. Thence S. 45 W 72 
poles to a hickory, beach and red oak. Thence N. 45 W. 167 
poles to the beginning. To have and to hold the said 75 acres 
of land be the same more or less with all and singular the ap- 
purtenances thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Currance 
his heirs or assigns to the only proper use and benefit & behoof 
of him the said Currance forever, and him the said Boone for 
himself his heirs assigns the said 75 acres of land with all the 
appurtenances unto the said Thomas Currance his heirs or as- 
signs against the claim or claims of any person or persons 
claiming by from or under him the said Boone will warrant 
& forever defend. 

In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
my seal the day and year first above written 

Squire Boone (Seal.) 

Recorders Office October 11, 1811. 

I, Richard M. Heth, recorder of Harrison County, Indiana 
Territory, do certify that I have recorded the within deed in 
my office this llth day of October 18ll. 

R. M. HETH." 



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"The President laid before the Senate a written communi- 
cation from R. A. New, Esquire, Secretary of State, relative to 
sundry contracts for printing the laws &c. &c. as follows to-wit: 
To the Honorable the President of the Senate of the State of 
Indiana: 

In obedience to an existing law of this State, the Secretary 
thereof respectively represents, that the following contracts 
have been entered into for and on the part of the State. 

A. & J. Brandon have contracted to print the bills, laws and 
journals of the General Assembly for 50 cents per thousand 
Ms, and 50 cents per token press work; with the addition of 
50 per cent, for figured, and one hundred per cent, for ruled 
and figured work — the paper being a separate charge at cost 
and carriage. The. work to be done in a workmanlike manner, 
on good type, at the rate of thirty-two octave pages per week, 
if required; and they will fold and stitch the same, and have 
them ready for delivery in a week after the printing is done, 
at the following rates: If the book contains not more than twen- 
ty signatures, at six dollars per hundred, if more, at 10 dollars 
per hundred copies. But nothing in this contract is to be so 
construed as to prevent an application to the Legislature for a 
further compensation, if the money be not paid within thirty 
days after the work is completed. They contracted also to 
furnish the Legislature with stationery at the following rates: 
letter or post paper at 5 dollars per ream; writing or cap, No 1, 
at 5 dollars, No 2, at 4 dollars 50 cents, and No, 3 at 4 dollars; 
quills, wafers and ink-powder at the current retailing prices — 
subject to the same provisions as to payment. Ephraim 
Gwartney has contracted to furnish the Legislature with fuel 
at ninety-eight cents per day. 

Bond and approved security has been given for the faithful 
discharge of their several contracts. 

I have the honor to be sir, very respectfully, 
Your obedient Servant, 

R. A. NEW, 

Secretary of State," 

{From Senate Journal, December 9, 1818.) 



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THE HARRISON PLACE. 



Gen. William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Territo- 
ry, from 1800 to 1812, the ninth President of the United States, 
and Grandfather of the present President of the United States, 
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, bought of the General Govern- 
ment, in an early day, all of section 19, township 8, south of 
range 3 east; also a part of section 30, township 3, south of 



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range 3 east. This land is all in one body and contains 8'2U.20 
acres. It is situated about six miles north-west of Corydon, 
and four miles north-east of the famous Wyandotte cave on the 
Blue river. Here, in 1801, the Governor erected a house and 
planted an orchard. The varieties of apples of his selection 
were Green Pippin and Rotninite. On the first day of this 
month, October, we visited this sacred spot, in company with 
an artist, and photographed three of the apple trees still stand- 
ing, and the above is an exact view of the same. As will be 
seen in the view one is dead; one partially so, but the other is 
still vigorous and full of fruit. The apples we gathered from 
it on that day Aveighed one pound each; they being of the Ro- 
raanite variety. The trees photographed are quite lofty, and 
three feet in diameter, two feet from their base. The General's 
old residence is gone. Only the excavation of the old cellar, 
the stones that held its walls intact, and a few logs that tum- 
bled from the walls of this ancient residence into this excava- 
tion, together with a few small trees and shrubs remain to mark 
the spot, which may be seen just to the rear of these giant and 
ancient apple trees. The "Governor's field" is located a short 
distance south of the old orchard. The "General's meadow" 
about the same distance north of the orchard. One-fourth 
mile 'lorth-east of the orchard is the noted "'Harrison Spring," 
eighty feet in diameter, and though it has been sounded over 
four hundred feet, no bottom has been reached. It rises from 
a solid rock in a level spot of land, and it has a sufficient flo^ 
of water to turn a valuable flour mill, and a saw mill, through" 
out the year, on the banks of the Blue river, into which stream 
it flows, Avhere General Harrison built his mill in 1805. One 
hundred yards west of this gigantic spring was erected a distil- 
lery in early times; and one of the attractive features to the 
Indians and early white settlers hereabout was the process of 
pumping water from the spring to the distillery by a dog. 

The '' Harrison place " was one of the principal recruiting 
points for Capt. Spier Spencer's company, that fought so 
bravely under the old '• Hero of Tippecanoe," on the 7th of 
November, 1811. Capt. Spencer and two of his lieutenants, 
McMahon and Berry, fell in this engagement. While gover- 
nor of Indiana territory, and even afterward, Gen. Harrison 
spent much of his time on his farm and about Corydon, and no 



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onf ever rendered greater or more valuable services to the 
people of Indiana, and especially to those of Harrison county, 
than did General William Henry Harrison, who was in the 
public service of his country, from his youth until his death; 
and the fact that the present President is his grandson, only 
perpetuates his illustrious name. The records in the Re- 
corder's office of Harrison county, show that William Henry 
Harrison and his wife Anna, on the 6th day of July, 1817, 
deeded the land mentioned to Joshua Wilson and Abijah Bay- 
less for the consideration of ten thousand dollars. 

HONORABLE MENTION. 

■;. 'A 

OJ Col. Thomas Posey, Territorial Governor, from 1813 to 
' ' 1816, resided at Corydon many years, and his home was here 
; when he died in 1860. 

Gen. John Tipton, resided at Corydon, and served in the 
office of Sheriff of the county, was Representative in the Leg- 
islature several terms, and elected United States Senator, from 
Indiana, and served from 1 831 to 1 839. He died at his home 
in Logansport, Cass county, in 1839. He was an able man, 
and one of the most conspicuous personages in the State, dur- 
ing his time. 

Davis Floyd, lived at Corydon for several years, was a 
Judge of the Common Pleas Court, and was considered an able 
jurist. 

Dennis Pennington, was one of the first settlers of Harrison 
county, served in both branches of the Legislature about twenty 
years; and was elected Speaker of the Territorial House of 
Representatives. 

Harbin H. Moore, was a brilliant attorney, who made his 
home at Corydon, in early times, frequently represented Har- 
rison County in the State Legislature, and was elected Speaker 
of the House in the eleventh, twelfth and sixteenth sessions. 

William A. Porter, resided at Corydon, until his death, 
about eight years ago. He was an able attorney, was Judge 
of the Common Pleas Court, served in both branches of the 
Legislature, at various times, and was elected speaker of the 
House in the thirty-second session. 

Nathaniel Albertson, resided in Morgan township, this 



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county, and represented this Congressional district in Congress 
in the 31st session. 

Squire Boone, brother of Daniel Boone, the celebrated pio- 
neer, lived and died in Harrison county. His remains are 
interred in a cave in the southern part of the county near 
where he died. 

JosiAii Lincoln, uncle of President Abraham Lincoln, lived 
and died in Blue River township, Harrison county, ^vhere he 
has many descendants now living. 

Simeon K. Wolfe, was an honored and highly respected 
citizen of Corydon, where he spent most of his life in the prac- 
tice of law. He represented this district in Congress during 
the 43d session. 

Allen D. Thom, of Corydon, was a noted man in early 
days. He was Adjutant General of the State, and for many 
years private secretary to the Governors. 

Gen. James C Veacii, a gallant commander in the late war, 
was born and reared in Taylor township, Harrison county. 

Judge Walter Q. Gresiiam, of the 7th Judicial Circuit of 
the United States, the upright and able jurist, soldier and 
statesman, was born and reared in Harrison county. He read 
and practiced law in Corydon, from whence he was elected a 
member of the Legislature in 1860. When the tocsin of war 
sounded in 186!, he responded to the call of his country, and 
was made Colonel of the 53d Ind. Vol. Infantry. He was rap- 
idly promoted for gallantry. Few men, indeed, in the employ- 
ment of the United States, acquired so deserving a fame as 
Judge Gresham. He rose from obscurity to eminence. Rep- 
utation fell not on him as the dews or as the snows fall; he 
toiled for it, bled for it. He has been the builder of the edi- 
fice of his name, has gained a splendid renown, and ascended 
the acclivitous path of military and judicial glory to honorable 
heigths of enviable fame. 

Capt. Spier Spencer, was one of the early settlers of Cory- 
don. He was the first Sheriff of Harrison county. He com- 
manded a company of soldiers, under General William Henry 
HarrisoD, at the battle of Tippecanoe, and fell early in the 
action. He was a good citizen, a brave and gallant soldier. 
Descendants of his, still live in Corydon, good and useful citizens. 

Hon. John Mathes, one of the members of the constitution- 



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al convention of 1850, from this county, is still living at the 
advanced age of eighty-one years. " Uncle " John came to 
this county with his parents from Kentucky, while this state 
was a territory, where he has lived ever since. He has lived 
an honorable and upright life, highly respected by all who know 
him. He has served as State Senator, and filled many other 
stations of public trust, to which his constituents called him, 
with ability and fidelity to the public interests that meet the 
approbation of all. Although more than eighty years of age, 
he is yet as spry and active as most men at half his age. Long 
may he live to enjoy the benefits and blessings of the govern- 
ment he assisted in forming. 

Hon. S. M. Stockslager, member of Congress from this 
district, from 1880 to 1884, and United States Land Commis- 
sioner under President Cleveland, was born and reared in this 
county, and since his majority, has made his home in Corydon. 
He was elected to the State Senate in 1874. In every position 
he gained the respect and confidence of his constituents. He 
was a gallant soldier in the late war, serving in two different 
regiments, the 38 Lid. Infantry, and the 13th Indiana Cavalry. 
He enlisted as a private and came out a Captain. He is a 
man of ability and energy, commended by all who know him, 
for his lofty spirit of honor, spotless integrity, kindness of 
heart, and promptness of decision. 

Col. William W. Kintner, of the Kintner hotel, Corydon, 
is the oldest native born male inhabitant of Corydon. The 
gallant and jolly Colonel is a kind and generous hearted gen- 
tleman. He is known, perhaps, more extensively than any 
other private citizen in Indiana. He is courteous and kind, a 
worthy, influential and valuable citizen. 

Maj. William T. Jones, of the 17th Ind. Infantry (Wilders), 
and later Associate Justice of, and Delegate in Congress from 
Wyoming territory, was a native of Corydon, and spent 
most of his life here. Perhaps one of the brainiest and most 
brilliant men this part of the state ever produced was Major 
Jones. He entered the army while yet a boy, as lieutenant 
of his company, and for gallantry and merritorious service rose 
rapidly to Major of his regiment. He Avas a man of great 
honor and strict integrity; and he justly merited the bold 
prominence of being associated in that galaxy of young, bril- 



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liant and dashing officers of the late war, whose valor and gen- 
ious were developed on its many and sanguinary fields. His 
death a few years ago was lamented by all -who knew him. 

Hon. William T. Zenor, is the learned, pure, able and up- 
right Judge, of the 3d Judicial Circuit of Indiana, who presi- 
des in the "Ancient Capitol" building. His grand father, 
Jacob Zenor, wus a member from Harrison county, of the first 
general assembly of the State of Indiana. Judge Zenor's 
father. Col. Philip Zenor, was a gallant ofl^icer in the Mexican 
war. The brave and gallant old hero is still living honored by 
all who know him. 

Prof. James G. May, a pioneer teacher, resided at Corydon 
many years and was j-egarded as an excellent instructor. 

Pruf. Joseph P. Funk, of the New Albany schools, is a na- 
tive of Harrison county. He resided at the old Capital town 
for quite a period, instructing the many pupils placed under 
his care. No one ever rendered more valuable services, or 
attained greater popularity, as an instructor, than did Prof. 
Funk, at Corydon. He was regarded as an excellent scholar 
and an able and conscientious instructor. 

Hon. Thomas C. Slaughter, Judge of the 3d Judicial Cir- 
cuit, who died in that honorable position in 1878, was one of 
Corydon's most respected and honored citizens. The citizens 
honored him with many positions of trust. His father, Dr. 
James B. Slaughter, was also a worthy citizen of Corydon, who 
served with ability in both branches of the Legislature, while 
Corydon was the State Capital, and also at Indianapolis. 

Hon. Daniel C. Lane, the first Treasurer of State, was a 
citizen of Corydon, and was honored with many positions of 
public trust. 

Hon. C. W. Cook, is the very efficient Prosecuting Attorney, 
who looks after the pleas of the State, in the Ancient Capitol 
building. Mr. Cook is a good citizen of Corydon, an able law- 
yer, an eloquent and forcible speaker, with a bright future. 

Col. Geo. W. Friedly, late of Chicago, was a native of this 
county. He was a brave and gallant soldier, and an able 
attorney. 

Space forbids that more of the many good and great men 
"who have lived in and about Corydon, or have had business 
transactions here, be mentioned. 



